Asus Z97-AR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '17 at 20:09
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 658 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 68% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 504 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 578 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 65 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 34755 (A5) Unknown 100 100 88 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 262004 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 181007 (F2) Unknown 100 100 130567 (F5) Unknown 100 100 278040	101% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 360 Mixed 422 96% 434 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 38.3 150% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 71.8 112% 211 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 53GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 62 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 25103 (A5) Unknown 100 100 75 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 5856 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 140505 (F2) Unknown 100 100 70918 (F5) Unknown 100 100 200824	102% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 368 Mixed 425 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 38.7 153% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 71.5 115% 218 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 165 6633 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2090 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5770 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 544 (10) Unknown 0 200 108945797 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1969 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98.7% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 176 Mixed 159 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.64 4K Mixed 0.26 121% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 770GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4669472 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1040 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18198669 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5957 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 618 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 53 622067749 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5178 (C2) HDA temperature 37 47 21474836517 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 114847425499908 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16085765119 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15252158893	80.1% Excellent	Read 150 Write 129 Mixed 133 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.16 61% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	560x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	323x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	95x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	183x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	86x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	67x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	54x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	44x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	36x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	55x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $788

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16